Thank you to all the alerts and reviews you guys gave me about the start to this sequel, I am excited to share more with you all! Finally got some writing done this weekend, I haven't really been home until tonight. Enjoy the next chapter!


She was so happy after he called; it was so good to hear his voice. God she missed him. No one else was home at the moment and she decided to go out for her run tonight. She changed into running shoes, shorts and a t-shirt and headed out. Why she had got so attached to running she didn't know, like she told Tony, she believed it was the free feeling it gave her, running the streets when the city around her was calm at night. She didn't go too far, it was too late for that.

And she hadn't realized how her old ways from Israel had returned slightly, maybe it was just a safety thing but when she went for her runs she took a small knife with her. For protection. She knew what some people in the world were like, Gibbs dealt with them everyday and she wasn't going to let one take her down, not when her life was just beginning.

Sure she could go running in the morning, she did sometimes, but she loved to run at night. Something about the cool air at that time of night and the sight of houses and buildings lit up with lights. There was just something about it that calmed her. And it was good for her to be calmed and relaxed, especially when Tony was gone and she missed him so much, it helped her keep sane.

The cool wind in her face that night was just what she wanted, the thoughts of Tony jumbling around in her head while her body was pushed as she ran through street after street. It gave her something to do; she didn't want to just sit around home doing nothing. She found she liked doing something. She had also got back into reading again; she read the books she got for Christmas. She really was bored when he wasn't around.

Deep breaths in and out, filling her lungs.

She knew why. Simple because about as soon as she got to America she had met him, and they had been around each other ever since. She hadn't really got into anything by herself; it was normally through him that she got into something. If she thought about it she would have joined a library, maybe a sports team. But she had absolutely no regrets about it. The time with him was worth everything to her.

The beat of her heart pounded in her ears.

She had found out they have a baseball team at the collage she was going to and she is considering joining. She hasn't played since she came here from Israel. The one thing Eli encouraged in school as an extra activity was baseball. Maybe because it was his favourite sport, maybe because it made her stronger. It was one of those two reasons.

She checked both ways on the road before continuing.

She hadn't thought about her father in a long, long time. It was good she didn't, she was moving on. But still, ever since that day when he sent her away, she couldn't really justify why he truly did it. She was glad he did, she never wants to leave America, her true family is here and Tony is here. She would never look back to her old life again. This was her life now.

Her feet pounded upon the pavement as she rounded another corner.

Running let her mind open, let her think so clearly. It's maybe why she began liking it so much. She hadn't in a long time, she tried to forget about it, but she thought about her mother, Tali and Ari. She wondered if they were still alive, what they were doing. They were like lost memories to her now. She didn't even remember what they looked like; it was so long ago now.

Her muscles could feel that healthy burn now.

She hadn't talked to Tony much about her mother, Tali and Ari, only once had she mentioned it briefly. What was there to tell him if she didn't know much herself? She was much too young to remember everything. And what was the point in bringing up old memories of the past that wouldn't help in life? As much as she would have loved to have them in her life, she was better off without them now. She had a family and she would never leave this one.

Another corner was passed, another street.

She had watched a movie the other night, one called Jarhead, and it worried her somewhat. She wondered if Tony was faced with the same types of superiors as the guy in the movie, if he was treated like that. However her conversation on the phone with him eased that worry somewhat, she could tell by his voice he was happy. Even though he badly missed her at the same time, he was doing fine.

She jogged past a man taking his dog for a run.

And in her mind if he was doing fine, everything was good. Hopefully she would see him in a week or two. She was doing ok so far, she was handling this. Only because she knew it wasn't that long until she saw him.

After running for a good thirty minutes she found herself back home, spent and feeling great. Now she could have a nice hot shower and relax for the rest of the night, maybe just go straight to bed after her shower even. She walked in the front door and still no one was home. Gibbs had started a big case yesterday and Jenny would stay at work until early morning when he had a case like that. And Abby, well she was over at Tim's house, doing god knows what.

Tim and Abby had grown closer in the past few months and it made Ziva smile. When she first met the two she would never be able to think they would be together, they were just much too good of friends to do that. But now when she saw them together she knew they were perfect for each other. It's not hard to fall in love with someone you already love.


The next morning she woke up early. Jenny's car was home so she would be in bed, she knew she would be getting up soon to go back to work however. Ziva decided to make some breakfast for herself and Jenny. And as she predicted Jenny came out not too much longer, dressed for work and heading to the kitchen to make something to eat. Upon seeing Ziva and a breakfast ready for her she smiled.

"I made you some breakfast" Ziva stated. Her mothers smile only got bigger.

"Thank you Ziva, what did I do to deserve this?" she asked, taking her seat. She felt spoilt; she loved when her girls did things like this for her. Ziva shrugged.

"I was up and knew you would be coming through soon" she replied, smiling as her mother took a bite and her face lit up. She didn't look so tired anymore. Ziva took a seat next to her mother and Jenny leant over and gave her a kiss to the forehead.

"I love you so much" she stated, smiling down at Ziva. Ziva was beaming.

"I love you too mom" she replied. And to think these two were not truly mother and daughter? To be honest they were, in their hearts. Nothing over rules the heart, not even genetics.

"Oh, Tony called last night" Ziva stated after they went back to eating their breakfast. Jenny turned to look at her and she smiled upon the look Ziva had. It was so good to see Ziva happy like this, especially after Tony had called.

"Is he well? How is he doing?" Jenny asked.

"He is doing fine, he is actually enjoying it, I can tell by his voice" she explained to her. Jenny noticed that with each word about him Ziva was more excited. Just talking about him had her glowing.

"That is very good to hear" Jenny replied. Ziva laughed slightly at her next thought.

"And they shaved his hair off, I don't know what I am going to think about that" Ziva stated. Yes she loved his hair but she wondered what he would be like without it. She would still love him just as much; however she may giggle at first sight. No actually, she would most likely cry or be over excited at first sight, she wouldn't even recognize his hair when she would see him first, she would be much too focused on him.

"Don't worry it will grow on you. Jethro had a lot of hair before he first joined; now he won't have any other hair style than that damn marine cut. I have tired" Jenny smiled. When Jethro first joined he hated the haircut, now he would never change it. Ziva chuckled at her mother's memory.

"Really?" she dug deeper.

"Yes, he had it long and he swept it all back, very attractive" Jenny explained. Ziva couldn't really picture Gibbs with hair like that but by the looks of her mother it was fantastic. After a while Ziva went silent, Jenny could tell what was on her mind.

"You miss him though?" Jenny asked, recognizing the look on her daughters face.

"Yes I do, a lot. Maybe too much" Ziva replied. Jenny reached out and placed her hand onto of Ziva's.

"There is no such thing as missing someone too much, it just shows how much you really love him by the fact you miss him like you do. Trust me I have been through it, more than once" Jenny explained. Ziva realized that if Gibbs and Jenny had made it and have come this far, who said that Tony and her couldn't do the same?


She hadn't heard from Tony since last Sunday. He called her once on the Friday briefly but on Sunday he had talked to her for a while. He told her what was going on down there and all the crazy things they had them doing. She laughed slightly when he told her about the marching; she couldn't see Tony as much of the marching type of person. He had also told her about the punishment this one guy had got because he defied orders. They made the guy paint a piece of coal with white paint, and with a tiny, tiny paintbrush.

The thing was he never got it done; he spent eight hours trying to do it too. How could you possibly paint coal with something so small and expect the paint to work on the surface of coal? She didn't know what these Marine people had going through their minds but it definitely was one crazy punishment, very fair if she thought about it, it was his fault he didn't follow orders.

He had also told her about how every morning they have room inspections and if something was wrong they would have to do it all over again. And this one time someone hadn't made their bed right for the third time in a row and the commander had his bed thrown out the window! She would have really liked to see that.

But right now she was with Abby and Kate on her Friday night. They were having a girly sort of evening and having a sleepover in Ziva's room. They weren't too old for a sleepover were they? Na, if anything this was the time where it would most likely be the best chance for them to do it, they wouldn't be able to do this sort of thing much in the next few years with them all at different collages.

Kate had explained how her parents had tired apologizing last week for how they had treated her and Lucas. Kate hadn't forgiven them though. Yes they were her parents and you would expect someone to forgive their parents right? No, not Kate. Kate was a strong minded woman when it came down to things and her parents had put her through so, so much she didn't see why she should forgive them for the things they had done to her. She knew if she forgave them in a week they would be back to the same ways as before, trying to pull her into their views of how her life should be.

They also didn't want Kate to be a doctor, they wanted her to be a housewife, start having kids. The old way of life if you could call it that. Kate did not want that one bit, she wanted to prove her parents wrong and do something important with her life. And she had always wanted to be a doctor. Saving people, making peoples lives better.

Ziva was proud of Kate for standing up to her parents. She didn't need their support, she had Lucas' family, and they would take care of her any day. They were proud of her too and glad for her to be part of the family. And Kate was part of the family now, Lucas had proposed to her yesterday. They weren't planning on getting married for a long time though, not till they have both finished university.

Some people may say it's a stupid thing to do, that they were too young and rushing things but Kate and Lucas had there own thoughts on it. They saw it as a promise. A promise to each other that they were going to stay together no matter what. And it's not like they were getting married for a few years anyway.

Ziva found the whole thing quite romantic and she always loved to see that smile light up Kate's face when she talked about the promise she and Lucas had.

"It's such a beautiful ring Kate" Ziva stated as she looked at Kate's ring which Lucas had given her. The more romantic thing was that it was his grandmothers, and Kate loved the ring even more by just how much it meant being his grandmothers.

"Thanks Ziva" Kate said with a big smile. She wouldn't admit it but she loved showing people her ring, Ziva could tell. Abby was ecstatic over the whole idea and reason for the ring.

"You two are so cute!" Abby exclaimed "I cannot believe he asked you to marry him that is so high school sweet heart stuff! Oh my god it's just so cute!" Abby said and pulled Kate into a hug. Kate smiled at Ziva over her shoulder. Ziva didn't miss the glisten in Kate's eyes.

Ziva's phone suddenly started ringing on the bedside table. Ziva grinned; no one really called her randomly but one person. As Abby begun to fuss over Kate's ring again Ziva picked up her phone.

"Hello?" she asked, hoping it was him.

"Zi" was all he said and she felt herself let go of the breath she had been holding. It had been just under a week since he last called but it felt so great to hear his voice again. And she didn't keep that information from him.

"It's so good to hear your voice" she admitted. She noticed that she had two pairs of eyes silently watching her now and the people who owed those said eyes had big smiles on their faces.

"I know it's good. I've got some news" he stated. She could tell by his voice that it was something good.

"Yeah?" she asked, every excited to hear what he had to say.

"I've got the weekend off. I'm coming home tomorrow" he replied. God she couldn't breathe, he was coming home? Tomorrow?

"Really?" she asked, making sure she heard right. She hadn't seen him in two weeks but it felt so much longer. She was dying to see him.

"Yes, I cannot wait to see you, I miss you so much" he replied. She felt herself smile so hard her cheeks almost hurt. He was coming home, where she could talk to him, touch him, hold him, kiss him. Be with him and just have him there.

"I miss you too, I cannot wait to see you as well" she stated. She couldn't wait to see him again.


I hope you liked it. I would love to hear your thoughts?

Hundan